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Durbin is going to introduce the Dream Act that allows the Illegals to get a whole bunch of free stuff at our expense. Legal Immigrants can't get it just the ones that broke our laws. No to the Backdoor Amnesty and the DREAM ACT Call today
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Sent mine an email saturday night. If we elect Ron Paul, we wouldn't have to police our congress when they try this crap! VETO!!!!
I doubt they would even be stupid enough to waste the time trying.
Here's the link to find your senator: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Flood them!!!
...and once again for the jillionth time, we are reduced to begging our corrupted electd officials to follow the Constitution.0 -
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Which one should I email? Durbin, or Obama?
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The Dream act lets illegal aliens get cheaper tuition rates then CITIZENS who live out of State.0 -
The Dream Act:
DREAM Act reintroduced in Senate
Immigrants' Rights Update, Vol. 17, No. 5, September 4, 2003
[See also "Dream Act Reintroduced in Senate," Nov. 21, 2005.]
[See also "DREAM Act Passes Senate Judiciary Committee," Mar. 28, 2006.]
A new version of the bipartisan DREAM Act, which addresses the tragedy of young people who grew up in the United States and have graduated from U.S. high schools but whose future is circumscribed by current immigration laws, has been introduced in the Senate by Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Richard Durbin (D-IL). Under current law, these young people generally derive their immigration status solely from their parents, and when the parents are undocumented or in immigration limbo, their children have no mechanism to obtain legal residency. The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act (S. 1545), introduced on July 31, 2003, provides such a mechanism for those who are able to meet certain conditions.
The leading bill in the House addressing the same issue is HR 1684 (Cannon, R-UT), known as the Student Adjustment Act. HR 1684 was introduced this spring and currently has 66 cosponsors from both parties.
Like last year's version of the DREAM Act, which was also sponsored by Sen. Hatch, S. 1545 would enact two major changes in current law:
Eliminate the federal provision that discourages states from providing in-state tuition without regard to immigration status; and
Permit some immigrant students who have grown up in the U.S. to apply for legal status.
But S. 1545 differs in some important respects from its predecessor.
Unlike last year's bill, DREAM 2003 sets up a two-stage process for applying for legal status. Immigrant students who have grown up in the U.S., graduated from high school here, and can demonstrate good moral character would initially qualify for "conditional lawful permanent resident" status, which would normally last for six years. During the conditional period, the immigrant would be required to go to college, join the military, or work a significant number of hours of community service. At the end of the conditional period, those who meet at least one of these requirements would be eligible for regular lawful permanent resident status.
If enacted, DREAM 2003 would have a life-changing impact on the students who qualify, dramatically increasing their average future earnings-and, consequently, the amount of taxes they would pay-while significantly reducing criminal justice and social services costs to taxpayers.
Advocates believe that S. 1545 has a reasonable chance of passage in this session of Congress, in large part because Senators Hatch and Durbin were willing to bridge the bitter partisan divisions that have plagued the Senate this year. The bill already has 15 cosponsors representing a wide swath of the political spectrum; others are expected to announce their support now that Congress has reconvened after its summer break.
The following are some of the key features of DREAM 2003:
Restore State Option to Provide In-State Tuition Benefit. DREAM 2003 would repeal section 505 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA), which discourages states from providing in-state tuition or other higher education benefits without regard to immigration status.
Who Qualifies for Legal Residency. Under DREAM 2003, most students of good moral character who came to the U.S. before they were sixteen years old and at least five years before the date of the bill's enactment would qualify for conditional permanent resident status upon acceptance to college, graduation from high school, or being awarded a general equivalency diploma (GED). Students would not qualify for this relief if they had committed crimes, were a security risk, or were inadmissible or removable on certain other grounds.
Conditional Permanent Resident Status. Qualifying students would be granted conditional permanent resident status, which would be similar to lawful permanent resident status, except that it would be awarded for a limited period of time-6 years, under normal circumstances-instead of for an indefinite one. Students with conditional permanent resident status would be able to work, drive, go to school, and otherwise participate normally in day-to-day activities on the same terms as other Americans, except that they would not be able to travel abroad for lengthy periods. Time spent by young people in conditional permanent resident status would count towards the residency requirements for naturalization to U.S. citizenship.
Requirements to Lift the Condition and Obtain Regular Lawful Permanent Resident Status. At the end of the conditional period, regular lawful permanent resident status would be granted if, during the conditional period, the immigrant had maintained good moral character, avoided lengthy trips abroad, and met at least one of the following three criteria:
1. Graduated from a 2-year college or a vocational college that meets certain criteria, or studied for at least 2 years towards a bachelor's or a higher degree; or
2. Served in the U.S. armed forces for at least 2 years; or
3. Performed at least 910 hours of volunteer community service.
The 6-year time period for meeting these requirements would be extendable upon a showing of good cause, and the Dept. of Homeland Security would be empowered to waive the requirements altogether if compelling reasons such as disability prevented their completion and if removal of the student would result in exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to the student, or to the student's spouse, parent or child.
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Plus the Agricultural Jobs Bill that are re-introducing:
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Proposed Federal Legislation to Legalize Undocumented Farm Workers:
The Agricultural Jobs, Opportunity, Benefits, and Security Act of 2003 ("AgJOBS")
By Bill Beardall
Equal Justice Center
October 2, 2003
O The U.S. Senate version of the bill is S. 1645, introduced September 23, 2003
o Senate Sponsors: Sen. Edward Kennedy (D- Mass.) and Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho)
O The U.S. House version is H.R. 3142, introduced September 23, 2003
o House Sponsors: Rep. Howard Berman (D-Cal.) and Rep. Chris Cannon (R-Utah)
The information below is a highly simplified summary of the most basic provisions in the proposed law. Consult a more thorough analysis to get all the significant details. Although the bills, as introduced, reflect a final agreement negotiated among the key employer and worker groups, enactment is not guaranteed.
The Agjobs Bill Has Two Basic Components:
1) A program for undocumented agricultural workers to first gain temporary resident status and then subsequently earn permanent resident immigration status; and
2) A revision of the H-2A temporary foreign agricultural worker program that will make the program easier for employers to use, while strengthening workers' remedies against abuse.
Part One: Earned Legalization for Undocumented Agricultural Workers:
Under the proposed law, agricultural workers who currently lack permanent immigrant status could adjust their status in a two-step process beginning 6 months after passage. "Agricultural work" generally includes farm work or the raising of livestock, but does not include most processing of agricultural products nor meat and poultry processing.
O Step One: The worker files an application for temporary resident status. Eligibility depends on proving recent agricultural work experience in the U.S.:
o The worker must prove he/she has performed at least 100 days of agricultural work in the US during any 12 month period between February 2002 and August 2003;
o The normal immigration law "bars" against gaining immigration status due to unlawful presence would be waived.
o A worker who is granted temporary resident status will have work authorization and will temporarily be treated like a lawful permanent resident ("green card" holder).
O Step Two: A worker who has been granted temporary status can earn permanent resident immigration status by fulfilling a prospective agricultural-work requirement.
o The worker must perform at least 360 work days of agricultural employment in the U.S. during the 6 year period ending August 31, 2009;
o At least 240 of those days must be worked within the first 3 years ending August 31, 2006;
o The worker must perform at least 75 days of work in each of three different years.
O Proof of Employment: The procedures for proving employment history were written to take into account the absence of complete and accurate work records for many undocumented workers. Employers of temporary resident workers will be required to keep and furnish employment records.
O Rights and Protections for Temporary Resident Workers and Their Families:
o During the period of temporary resident status, workers will generally have the same rights as lawful permanent residents, including all employment rights and eligibility for federally funded Legal Services.
o Temporary resident workers who are fired without just cause or who get injured on- the-job may still get credit toward the prospective work requirement for the work they lost as a result.
o During the period of temporary resident status, the farmworker's spouse and minor children who are living in the U.S. may remain in the U.S. but are not eligible for work authorization (unless they are work authorized on some other basis).
o The spouse and minor children may adjust to permanent resident status once the farmworker adjusts to permanent resident status.
Part Two: Changes to the H-2a Temporary Foreign Agricultural Worker Program
The proposed law would make a number of significant changes in the "H-2A" guestworker program which presently allows agricultural employers to hire approximately 42,000 foreign farm workers annually on temporary work visas. Some of these changes were sought by employer interests; others were sought by worker advocates. Changes will take effect one year after the bill is enacted.
O The Most Significant Changes to the H-2A program:
o The application process will be streamlined in ways that reduce employers' paperwork, limit government oversight of the application process, and reduce the effort employers' must make to first try finding U.S. farm workers, before they are allowed to hire H-2A guestworkers.
o The Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR), which is one of the three minimum wage rates for H-2A workers, will be frozen at its 2002 level for three years, while Congress studies whether the formula for determining the AEWR should be modified.
o The requirement that employers provide free housing for H-2A workers will be mod-i-fied to permit some employers to give workers a monetary housing allowance instead.
o H-2A workers will be protected by new transportation safety requirements.
o For the first time H-2A workers will be able to sue in federal court (and not just local state courts) to enforce their employment rights under the H-2A contract and regulations.
O Other Current Worker Protections under the H-2A Program Remain Unchanged:
o These include: the "three quarters" minimum-work guarantee; the "50% rule" (job preference for U.S. workers); mandatory workers compensation; the requirements for reimbursing workers' transportation costs; the prohibition against use of H-2A workers as strike breakers; and the general rule against discriminating in favor of H-2A guestworkers. (As under current law, H-2A workers will continue to be excluded from coverage under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act.)0 -
i wont be sending any emails to elected officials who give amnesty or benifits to illegal aliens at my expense. i will be sending them hot flying lead soon enough. so will alot of other patriotic americans. 0
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